Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Help Thread [UBER EDITION] [READ THE FIRST POST]

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Right but I can't even get to the starting screen. I turn the system on then click on thegame and it immediately goes to the blue screen that says game data can not be read please take the game out and put it back in.

Within my lifetime, I've done a lot of walking. I started my journey walking on a little path called Route 1. Little did I know that walking down that route would lead me onwards to a road that went by the name of Victory. Just west of Victory Road, I walked up an entire mountain where atop stood a silent trainer who was one of the mightiest I had ever faced. I've walked, through sandstorms, across the hard desert of Hoenn. I've walked through pelting hail, across the snow covered terrains of Sinnoh. And now as I look back on all my travels I find myself walking across the Skyarrow Bridge of Unova. It took a lot of walking through tall grass patches to get where I am today...But it was worth the walk.

I used the Electirizer in HG on an Electivire to use for a Battle Frontier Team. However, stupidly, I failed to realise that Cross Chop was an egg move. I have already used the Electirizer in Platinum to get an Electivire for the Pokedex ages ago before I was interested in raising a team for the Battle Frontier. However, I now want to get a cross choping Electivire. I know in Diamond and Pearl I can use Covet on Elekids to get an Electivire. Is it the same on Platinum? Can I get another Electirizer? Or do I have to start a new game on HG or Plat which I really, really don't want to do.

While I agree with randomspot, some people will tell you that using one of the cloning glitches is considered hacking. But since a cloned Pokemon is exactly the same as one that's not cloned there's no reason to tell someone that it was cloned, therefore they can't get angry with you.

Migrating Pokemon

I have two questions regarding Pal Park:

1) When I tried to migrate from Sapphire to Platinum today, my DS said something about me using "a different DS," or the "clock may have been changed" (I have not touched it). It then made me change the clock(s) to match each other, and said I could not migrate for 24 hours. What does this mean?

2) The internal battery in my Ruby version recently died. Can I still migrate Pokemon from this game cartridge to Platinum?

1) When I tried to migrate from Sapphire to Platinum today, my DS said something about me using "a different DS," or the "clock may have been changed" (I have not touched it). It then made me change the clock(s) to match each other, and said I could not migrate for 24 hours. What does this mean?

2) The internal battery in my Ruby version recently died. Can I still migrate Pokemon from this game cartridge to Platinum?

1) When I tried to migrate from Sapphire to Platinum today, my DS said something about me using "a different DS," or the "clock may have been changed" (I have not touched it). It then made me change the clock(s) to match each other, and said I could not migrate for 24 hours. What does this mean?

2) The internal battery in my Ruby version recently died. Can I still migrate Pokemon from this game cartridge to Platinum?

You should still be able to migrate from the ruby, as the internal battery dead thing only affects clock based events, not data logging events

1) When I tried to migrate from Sapphire to Platinum today, my DS said something about me using "a different DS," or the "clock may have been changed" (I have not touched it). It then made me change the clock(s) to match each other, and said I could not migrate for 24 hours. What does this mean?

Originally Posted by Larry

For the first one just follow what it says and wait 24 hours.

I'd just like to point out that you can easily bypass the 24-hour wait by using the Pal Park Trick:

The Pal Park trick allows you to receive more than six Pokémon per day from one third-generation cartridge. For this trick to work, you will need at least two separate third-generation GBA Pokémon games—one used to synchronize the game and DS clocks, and one from which to import Pokémon. Here is an example step-by-step guide.

1.Change the date on your DS. If you have already Pal Parked Pokémon on a given day, move your DS's internal calendar forward by a day.
2.With the cartridge you will be using for synchronization inserted, turn on your DS and proceed to Pal Park as normal.
3.You will receive the following message: You are using different a Nintendo DS, or its internal clock has been altered. If the game's time settings are changed, you will not be able to migrate Pokemon for another 24 hours. It will then give you the option to match settings on the current DS. Select Yes on the touch screen and the settings will change.
4.Power off your DS, and insert the cartridge you wish to migrate Pokémon from.
5.Turn it back on and Pal Park as normal.
6.Repeat as required to Pal Park as many Pokémon as you wish in a single day, making sure to swap the cartridge as required.

If you follow those steps, you should be able to pal-park without waiting for 24 hours.